Has anyone successfully managed to avail the premium account on spotify either prepaid, postpaid, or GoSurf combo?. Though i am a fan of iTunes Radio, i download the spotify for android to check how good it is with 1 month free premium access. Is it worth changing your combo Unlisurf 999 to Go Surf 999 ( 5Gb + Spotify premium account)? What's in it for us subscribers that globe decided to tie spotify to their mobile internet combos.

hcescala , Basically for competition sake. :) but if you subscribe with Globe, data consumed by Spotify is not charged to your GoSurf data but you will pay more than double the price offered by Spotify itself. :)

hcescala I've read from another thread that with GoSurf, your speed will not be limited to Edge. Instead, once you exceed your consumable data, you will be charged P2/MB but with an anti-bill shock guarantee:

P1,500 max (GoSurf 99 to GoSurf 999)

P3,000 max (GoSurf 1799 to GoSurf 2499)

In effect, with the assumption of heavy usage, you have unlimited LTE for P1,500 with your GoSurf 999.

Hi hcescalaRNavneilph - To clarify, GoSurf is different from your actual Best-Ever mySUPERPLAN. You can have Plan 1799, but also be subscribed to GoSurf 999 for your data. With GoSurf 999, you get 5GB of consumable data.

With GoSurf 999 as an example, you automatically get Spotify Premium, valid for 6 months. When paying Php129 directly to Spotify, you only get access to premium profile, but not the data that you can use to stream music. While with GoSurf, we give you the Spotify Premium access, plus 1GB of data for streaming your music. This technically gives you a total of 6GB data - 1GB just for your Spotify and 5GB for all your other internet usages.

In the instance that your 5GB is totally consumed, you can still continue to use your Spotify music streaming. When your Spotify 1GB is totally consumed and you have consumed your GoSurf GBs as well, then you will be charged a regular browsing rate of Php2.00/MB for your excess usage. However, if you choose to register to additional GoSurf bulk data promo, your Spotify will then be charged to that subscription, therefore not charging you the Php2.00/MB anymore.

Since Spotify Premium access is good for 6 months, you can have the option to opt out anytime by texting SPOTIFY OFF to 8888.

neilph Yes, "And" is the operative word. If you choose to register to additional GoSurf bulk data promo, your Spotify will then be charged to that subscription, therefore not charging you the Php2.00/MB anymore.

RNav By UnliSurf 999 you mean SuperSurf 999 right? You can get the Spotify Premium directly, which will give you the premium access. However, please note that your music streaming will be charged to the the SuperSurf, which will then be subject to FUP.

GlennO since spotify premium access for GoSurf lets say GoSurf 999 will last only for 6 months, those who availed the combo after six months will be automatically migrated back to Unlisurf 999 when they opt out to spotify? or they will be forever stuck in 5GB? if so then it is a trapped?

And RNav was asking regarding the Unlisurf 999 combo prior to the GoSurf 999, how can we subscribe to Spotify? Supersurf is not part of the combo, its a different syntax when subscribing to surfing promo.

hcescala Spotify is just a freebie to GoSurf data. When Spotify expires, you still have GoSurf 999 no matter what - it continues to renew until you stop it. You also have the option to renew your Spotify or completely stop it pre-/post-6 months.In addition, you have the option to stop your GoSurf 999 and choose a lower GoSurf combo if you want.

Unlisurf 999 has been phased out and will no longer be offered once you select GoSurf. The new GoSurf combos and boosters are actually better since you don't have FUP. And, as mentioned, majority of the people don't even go over the 3GB limit per month, so the GoSurf 999 is actually good.

Spotify is only applicable to GoSurf and old PowerSurf combos/promos. If you're on Unlisurf and you wish to use Spotify, you can use the basic access since you have a data subscription anyway. Should you want the premium access, you can register to Spotify directly for Php129. Take note though that both the use of basic and premium access when on Unlisurf will still count against your FUP.

GlennO Thanks Glenn. Can you clarify further the P299 monthly fee after the 6-month Premium trial? How will that be different from the P129 (Direct to Spotify)? Will the P299 have something to do with data allocation specifically for Spotify?

GlennO thanks for the clarification, so after 6 months my only option to spotify premium is subscribe Spotify | Plans and Promos | Mobile Internet either 20, 99 or 299 with dedicated spotify MB which will be on top of my bill or subscribe to spotify directly, if i did not opt to stop spotify after 6 months then i will only have basic access and it will use up my GoSurf 5GB.

I was surprise on the 6 months access actually since it did not mention on globe site or im on the wrong page.

Hi hcescalaRNav - Just to clarify on the 6 months... If you’re a Postpaid GoSurf subscriber on GoSurf299 and up, you get to enjoy free Premium trial for 6 months from the time of your registration to GoSurf.

@GlennO does it mean if we stop GoSurf on the next month it is still counted as part of the 6 months trial period? is it succeeding or 6 months refers only to the month you availed or successfully subscribed the GoSurf with Spotify..thanks

hehe may point ka notevenfollowed. I understand where is Globe coming from, smartphones are now congesting the mobile industry with fast paced flagship releases from the manufacturers, automatically mobile data usage from globe subscribers will increase also, it will hurt their operation and commitment to their clients if they are not doing something on their end, thus they find a way to control the data usage in order to buy time in catching up of putting additional sites or data server, but i think no matter how advance their technology is they still need to control their subscribers data usage. Other countries postpaid plans are really in terms of MB's or GB's, that might be the road globe is taking.

Another query @GlennO: if I already have a Spotify premium account and if I decide to change my surfing combo to GoSurf, how would the free access to Spotify premium/basic affect my existing Spotify account? Does this also mean that I have to create another Spotify account just to avail of the free access? TIA

Hi neilph, when you say "I already have a Spotify Premium account" I assume you're saying you directly subscribed to Spotify using credit card? If yes, you don't need to crate a new username. But you will need to cancel your premium subscription with Spotify before we can activate the premium subscription that comes free with GoSurf. The Spotify access is tied to GoSurf - 6 months starts from the time GoSurf is activated.

Nakausap ko Technical Support nila. They advised me to take a free trial for 7 days first through spotify app from my phone (Android). Hope that after this 7 days totoo na yun 6 months. Can't believe parang hindi nila alam may topak ang website nila.

I have the same error, as per my RM activated na ang new plan ko with GoSurf 999 combo yesterday. I tried the link pero same error. If this is a known issue with spotify and globe - when nila iffix to?

I downloaded spotify and used the free trial na before when it was first launched here with Globe. Now that I availed the GoSurf combo with the new Best Ever Plan - i'm really expecting to get this 6 months premium access to Spotify. 24 hours have already passed and wala pa rin ako narereceive na link or activation - so I did it manually but encountered the same error as the above screenshot.

I just moved to and activated this combo for my plan 2 days ago and I gotta say I'm pretty upset with Globe. Just finished talking to customer care and asked to get my Unlimited Plan back.

Talked to 2 agents who told me that as long as I had the GoSurf 999 PV combo (5GB data + Spotify Premium) I would get Spotify Premium unless I change/remove said combo. This was the only reason I decided to sacrifice my UnliSurf, thinking that I could have Spotify bundled in with a plan I'm already paying for.

Found out later that Postpaid customers (who are obliged to pay monthly and most of which have contracts) will only get it for 6 months max, and then get billed 299 for Spotify on top of their bill (1298 total for data and Spotify).

Meanwhile, Prepaid customers can get the same data add-on for 999 a month for the same features but can renew it for the same price AND without a six month limit. Says so on their FAQ page for Spotify + GoSurf.